Bazhong

English

Alternative forms

• Pa-chung (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴中 (Bāzhōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːˈd͡ʒʊŋ/, /bɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, enPR: bäʹjo͝ongʹ

Proper noun

Bazhong

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • 2018 December 12, “China reports new African swine fever outbreaks in Sichuan, Qinghai provinces”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 December 2018, Health News‎^[3]:

     China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday two new African swine fever outbreaks were confirmed in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces.
     The new case in the city of Bazhong in Sichuan killed 19 of 117 pigs present on a farm, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on its website.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴中 (zh) (Bāzhōng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bazhong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 346, column 1